Hatchoo! Happiness Is Contagious

You've heard of the butterfly effect, right? You know, when a butterfly flaps its wings somewhere halfway across the world, which leads to a chain of events that may change the world. OK, so along those lines, researchers are now saying that happiness works the same way. One smile, one giggle, random acts of kindness--they all may have bigger impacts than we think...

You've heard of the butterfly effect, right? You know, when a butterfly flaps its wings somewhere halfway across the world, which leads to a chain of events that may change the world. OK, so along those lines, researchers are now saying that happiness works the same way. One smile, one giggle, random acts of kindness--they all may have bigger impacts than we think...

****According to scientists at The University of California, San Diego, and Harvard University, happiness isn't self-made. Like the flu, you can actually "catch" it. Their study, published in a recent issue of the British Medical Journal, followed about 5,000 people over the course of 20 years. They found that happiness was like an "emotional virus." Here's how it works, they say: Your good mood could have a third-degree reach. In other words, you can infect someone, who can infect someone else (who you may not even know!). Now that's an infection I'd like to get!